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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
The ability of inhibitors of transcription and translation to prevent glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis has been interpreted to indicate that the cell death machinery requires de novo protein synthesis. The transcriptional inhibitors actinomycin D (Act D) and DRB as well as the translational inhibitors CHX and puromycin inhibited early loss of mitochondrial membrane integrity in a dose-dependent manner. This effect was not observed with the transcriptional inhibitor ?-amanitin suggesting they may have additional effects. Their role in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) intracellular trafficking was therefore investigated. Here, we show that Act D and CHX reduced glucocorticoid binding, GR turnover and impaired GR nuclear translocation. We performed the same experiments in different thymocyte subpopulations of Balb/c mice. At the highest dose tested, actinomycin D and cycloheximide abolished glucocorticoid-induced cell death of CD4+CD8+ and CD4+CD8-. In all subsets, Act D, DRB, as well as CHX and puromycin prevented receptor nuclear translocation, indicating a general alteration of GR trafficking. Overall, our data support a direct effect of macromolecular inhibitors on GR activation and trafficking. Finally, direct alterations of the functional properties of the glucocorticoid receptor might be responsible for cell death prevention by actinomycin D, DRB, cycloheximide and puromycin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1879-1220
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Alpha-Amanitin, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Dactinomycin, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Puromycin, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:21569845-Thymus Gland
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Macromolecular synthesis inhibitors perturb glucocorticoid receptor trafficking.
pubmed:affiliation
Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Center, Lille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies